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The White House recommendations for the budget cuts scheduled for 2013 will decimate America’s wild places and necessitate the closing of public places such as National Parks and Refuges, according to The Wilderness Society.

Statement from Nicole Whittington-Evans, Alaska Regional Director for The Wilderness Society on the State of Alaska withdrawing as a “cooperating agency” from the planning agreement for the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska:

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“Clearly, sea ice is a problem even now, during summer,” said Lois Epstein, an Alaska-licensed engineer and The Wilderness Society’s Arctic Program Director. “Chukchi Sea oil likely will be among the most expensive oil in the world to produce and transport to market

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For his work to protect the America’s public lands, including the Berryessa Snow Mountain area in his district, Congressman Mike Thompson was honored by The Wilderness Society and other organizations as one of America’s Great Outdoors Congressional Champions.

The following statement from David Moulton, senior director of legislative policy for The Wilderness Society, is in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 6082, a bill to open up American waters to offshore oil and gas drilling.